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Game Changers 2020 Essay Series: Opportunities for All

Opportunities for All First Paycheck I grew up in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition. For those who grew up in the area, it had a different name: "OCP" or "Outta Control Projects." Violence and drugs were never far away, and poverty was the default condition in our…

One Solution to the Housing Crisis is in our Own Backyards

The challenges to purchasing or renting a home in the 9-County Bay Area reflect and amplify the housing crisis facing almost all of California. While our state needs an average of 180,000 news homes built annually, the past three years alone have averaged the construction of a paltry 80,000 new…

Many Californians are locked into ‘soul-sucking commutes.’ It’s time for a break.

Whether road or rail, bikes or buses, California is locked in gridlock.

Game Changers 2020 Essay Series: Tech Companies are Hiring 85% of ”40-year-old Interns”

High performers don't stop being high performers simply because they take a career break.

California Needs a Clean Energy Financing Clearinghouse

If we’re going to drive private clean energy investment into Opportunity Zones, we ought to have a good handle on where the state’s current investments are going.

Game Changers 2020 Essay Series: Fostering Ideas of Community From the Individual to the Whole

We believe that community starts from your neighboring desk up through federal decisions that affect minorities and disadvantaged individuals.

Carl’s Comments: Successful Launch of Road to the White House Series!

The Leadership Group, in partnership with KQED, is working to ensure that Bay Area residents have a much better sense of each candidate.

Migration and Silicon Valley: Who is coming? Who is going?

Skilled arrivals from outside the United States are powering the Valley’s economy more than ever before.

Game Changers 2020 Essay Series: The Real Value of News

Philanthropy steps in where markets fail, embracing a vital community resource.

Advocating for Affordable Housing in the Bay Area

Every May, we join other housing advocates in Affordable Housing events across the Bay Area.

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